Impairment in planning, coordination, and timed execution of movement patterns for speech.

What is the primary cause of Apraxia?

Strokes

What is wrong with Speech in Apraxia?

They tend to make error of articulation, recognize the errors, and make repeated attemts to correct the error; but each attemt may result in a different type of error.

What is treatment for Apraxia like?

*Sequenced production of speech sounds
*Oral Motor exercises: non-speech movements of the tounge and lips
*Alternative and Augmentative Communication

What is a Laryngectomy?

*Surgical Removal of the larynx-all the muscle, cartilage, and tissue.
~Included the Vocal Folds
~The person has NO voice left
*Turn the trachea out to the front of the neck
*Reconstruct the inside of throat for swallowing